Réseau des sports (RDS) is a French Canadian cable specialty channel that broadcasts National Hockey League games.
In 2003, the Montreal Canadiens announced a deal to license its French-language broadcast rights for all of its preseason, season, and playoff games to RDS.
This was controversial as it threatened the longest-running television show in Quebec, Radio-Canada's La Soirée du hockey.
Days later, an agreement was reached whereby RDS and Radio-Canada would simultaneously broadcast Canadiens games on Saturday nights, saving the show.
On November 26, 2013, Rogers Communications, the parent company of Sportsnet announced that it had reached a 12-year, $5.2 billion deal to become the exclusive national rightsholder for the National Hockey League, beginning in the 2014–15 season, and would sub-license exclusive French-language rights to TVA and TVA Sports, replacing RDS.